Last film you watched?

[Chris]

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Two misunderstood rednecks doing battle against a group of misguided college kids. Hilarity and gore ensues. It's a solid comedy horror with some good ideas and decent performances. No Evil Dead but a lot of fun.

21

Kevin Spacey recruits a bunch of MIT whizzkids to count cards and take down Vegas casinos while Laurence Fishburne tries to catch them at it. It probably says a lot about the film and me that I was more interested in the bits which showed the mechanics of card counting than the actual storyline and characters. None of the characters are very likeable (always a risk when you're dealing with the cream of America's student body I guess) and I didn't really care what happened along the way. But the casino scenes were well done and I know a bit more about blackjack strategy than I did before.

[Soda Jerk]

The Cable Guy

Good film. Never understood why it gets such a slagging. Carey is great in it, especially in the Basketball scene. I probably like it more than most Carey films, and anything is better than the fucking Mask!

Elf

It was on the telly yesterday, always good. Bit of a pussy ending, but it's still good, and I suppose it is a kids film. Will Ferrell shouts alot. What more do you want?

Superbad

Also on the telly. They cut lots of bits out, which annoyed me. Bill Hader is brilliant though, but they cut out my favourite Hader part, where he knocks on the door at the party they bust at the end and says "Awww no! It's the cops!". Nazis.

[Monster Zero]

The Inbetweeners Movie

Pretty decent, surprisingly because generally TV comedy doesn't translate that well to film. 'In the Loop' being a notable exception to the rule. A bit up and down but generally regular guffaws to be had.

9/10

Women in Love

I'd always meant to see this but never got round to it, recent death of Ken Russell prompted me to buy on the cheap. OK, but nae very exciting, bit drawn out. The famed nude wrestle between Ollie Reed and Alan Bates is pretty bizarre though.

6/10

Dr. No/From Russia With Love/Goldfinger/Thunderball

Hungover Sunday viewing. Any debate about best Bond should always be quelled by viewing the Connery films, no question. These all stand up pretty well for their vintage. Bond was a bit of a c**t in these ones, variously using women to block blows with bits of wood and gunshots.

9/9/10/8 out of 10 respectively

You Only Live Twice

Last night's viewing, continuing my ongoing Connery Bond retrospective. Probably my favourite Bond film overall but only because Connery wasn't in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'.

10/10

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The Inbetweeners Movie

Pretty decent, surprisingly because generally TV comedy doesn't translate that well to film. 'In the Loop' being a notable exception to the rule. A bit up and down but generally regular guffaws to be had.

This tempts me to purchase it on DVD.

[Monster Zero]

This tempts me to purchase it on DVD.

I'll end up buying it I think, worth repeat viewing. Bog-standard DVD is only £9.99 in HMV just now. But since I jumped in and hired it I'll probably just await the inevitable £5 price that will come in a few months time...

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I was going to see it at the cinema, but the thought of spending two hours watching it with a gaggle of fuds and goblins did not seem appealing.

[Guest Gladstone]

The Cable Guy

Good film. Never understood why it gets such a slagging. Carey is great in it, especially in the Basketball scene. I probably like it more than most Carey films, and anything is better than the fucking Mask!

I can't remember anything about Cable Guy other than the scene where he's fighting near the end and the guy smacks him in the face and he says "My lisp's gone" or something and then he smacks him again and Carrey looks at him and goes "You bathtard."

Simple comedy genius.

[Monster Zero]

I was going to see it at the cinema, but the thought of spending two hours watching it with a gaggle of fuds and goblins did not seem appealing.

Yeah, sadly I rarely see films at their full potential due to having a serious aversion to paying 7-quid odd to be irritated by complete fuds, so I usually just wait for the DVD.

[Jaaakkkeee]

The Other Guys

Hiliariously funny. I laughed from start to finish. It's not a shock really. Will Ferrell is great in it. And Wahlberg is a great casting choice too. The Samuel L Jackson and Dwayne Johnson cameos were spot on too. Just a really great film. Plus, Eva Mendes talks about her boobs.

8.5/10

[framheim]

Zombieland

totally brilliant. i'd heard good things but was very surprised at just how much fun this film was. perfect length too and didn't overstay it's welcome.

Sherlock Holmes - new one

damned good fun. slightly complicated plot and daftness. also too much of the slo-mo stuff but a very enjoyable movie nonetheless.

[Skacel]

This does not have Pat Sharp or Terry Nutkins in it so i'm out.

[Monster Zero]

Where the Wild Things Are

This has been knocking about the house for ages and kept forgetting to watch it, gave it a try with the wee man on Sunday morning. I haven't read the original book but I know it's pretty short so this must have had a lot of original content added. Pretty cool actually and Karen O's soundtrack works well. Wee man is now obsessed with the music though and was chuffed to find out we have the CD,makes me play 'All is Love' continually in the car.

9/10

Bond season continues -

Diamonds Are Forever

Connery returns after missing out on 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. His worst Bond film. Shit Blofeld. Decent theme song. George McFly's Dad plays one of the gay hitmen.

7/10

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Probably my 2nd favourite Bond film. Great music. George Lazenby isn't actually as bad as he gets repped for but the kilt outfit they made him wear in the Alps IS tragic. Telly Savalas is a decent Blofeld. Diana Rigg is tasty. Sad ending.

9/10

Live and Let Die

Enter Roger Moore and the decline starts here. Theme tune is one of Paul McCartney's tolerable songs.All sorts of shit involving voodoo and it's obvious that Blaxploitation had become a reference point, loads of afros and pimps and shit. Introduction of stupid redneck 'comedy' cops.

7/10

The Man With the Golden Gun

In many ways dire but Christopher Lee gives it a good go as Scaramanga and so it's not beyond hope. Awful Lulu theme song about 'big weapons', fnaar. Britt Eckland's arse almost ends the world. Or something. Tenuous continuation appearance of stupid redneck 'comedy' cop from previous film.

5/10

My personal collection's Moore content ends there and has no Dalton so it's onto -

Goldeneye

Pierce Brosnan. Decent enough first film, although the 'jump off cliff on motorbike to skydive to freefalling plane and get it under control' stunt at the start is pretty stupid.

8/10

[Paranoid Android]

I love both Live and Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun. The best two with Roger Moore.

[Monster Zero]

Can i ask, have you seen these before? I've been watching them since before i can remember so the stupidity was always an element i loved about them. I love the old bond films, no special effects so when you see a car blow up, you fucking now they blow that shit up. BOOM.

Fuck aye, seen them all loads. The Dalton ones are the only ones I haven't seen. I just find going back as an adult the Moore ones haven't aged well at all. The Connery ones stand up very well if taken with the correct mindset. The Moore ones just went too far with the comedic approach. Brosnan's first few were OK but that one with Halle Berry was dire, invisible cars, wtf? Daniel Craig has been a good Bond thus far.

[Monster Zero]

I love both Live and Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun. The best two with Roger Moore.

Definitely the best 2, hence the only 2 in my collection. I do kind of want to watch the rest of the Moore ones again, even though I know they are ding. I just remember being slightly perturbed at this old man getting it on with Grace Jones in 'View to a Kill', even as a kid it was wrong.

[Spoonie]

21

Kevin Spacey recruits a bunch of MIT whizzkids to count cards and take down Vegas casinos while Laurence Fishburne tries to catch them at it. It probably says a lot about the film and me that I was more interested in the bits which showed the mechanics of card counting than the actual storyline and characters. None of the characters are very likeable (always a risk when you're dealing with the cream of America's student body I guess) and I didn't really care what happened along the way. But the casino scenes were well done and I know a bit more about blackjack strategy than I did before.

Have you read the book that it's based on?

[Chris]

Have you read the book that it's based on?

Nope. Any good? Different from the film?

[Spoonie]

Books really good. For a start, they're all asian and it goes into lots of detail on the card counting which is my interest too, but the basic storyline's the same.

[Stroopy121]

Books really good. For a start, they're all asian and it goes into lots of detail on the card counting which is my interest too, but the basic storyline's the same.

The book just called 21? Or is it one of these adaptations where the book has a clever title and the film-maker things the audience would be too stupid to get it?

xx

[Spoonie]

It's called Bringing Down the House. Maybe they just wanted to save on printing costs with the title!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bringing-Down-House-Students-Millions/dp/0099468239/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324545504&sr=1-1

[Soda Jerk]

Armageddon. It was on the telly just now

If it wasn't for Steve Buscemi's character being a remarkably effective comic relief, this could quite easily be the worst film ever made. Even with Buscemi's lunatic character, it still runs pretty close to that title. Fucking horrid. Ben Affleck is just god awful. I like Bruce Willis because he played the character Die Hard in the film Die Hard. This is the worst thing he's done. This is worse than Bruno The Kid. This is worse than his hit single "Respecting Yourself". Just plain garbage. Schmaltzy ultra-pro-American bilge. Thanks America, for saving the world, as it pans over the less fortunate people of the world rejoicing America, dressing as spacemen, playing with their spacemen toys. Get to fuck. Awful. It ruined Christmas for me and the baby Jesus.

[KarmaTsunami]

I watched 'Drive' last Thursday. It was pretty damned good. I don't think there was a bad performance. Ryan Gosling was brilliant as The Kid. The scene in the lift did not end the way I expected to. The sound track was great and the film just looked beautiful.

I also did not expect Christina Hendrick's character (Blanche?) to have half her head blown off. That's two films I've watched this year where female characters get an unexpected shotgun to the face, her and Ellen Page as Boltie in 'Super'.

[Jaaakkkeee]

Saw a few films and did a few re-watches over the festive period.

The Inbetweeners Movie

Brilliant. Funny from the word go and didn't let up. All the cringeyness from the series and all the witty one liners. The only problem is it flowed like you expect a film version of a tv program to flow (see my complaints about Simpsons Movie), it just doesn't seem to sit right. But other than that it was pretty damn funny and I'd definitely re-watch.

8/10

Happy Feet

This was on in the backround but I tried to watch as much as I could. I've seen it before and it's definitely up there as one of my favourite animated films. A cute fluffy penguin with Tommy Pickle's voice?

10/10

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

See what they did there? The sequel to the first. Not as funny, and when watching it with grown ups you cringe quite a lot. But other than that it's pretty decent. Seen it before but was happily re-watching it. I think it's made all the better by Alec Baldwin being in it. I don't know why, but it just makes me like the film more. Although I'd re-watch it, it's now on my "to buy" list.

6/10

Ross Noble: The Headspace Cowboy

Got half way through the first disc before going to bed. Not quite a film but I don't care. It's going here. Brilliantly funny. I was laughing non-stop. Can't wait to watch the rest. Don't worry, I'll keep you updated.

9/10 (so far)

[Jaaakkkeee]

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

See what they did there? The sequel to the first. Not as funny, and when watching it with grown ups you cringe quite a lot. But other than that it's pretty decent. Seen it before but was happily re-watching it. I think it's made all the better by Alec Baldwin being in it. I don't know why, but it just makes me like the film more. Although I'd re-watch it, it's now on my "to buy" list.

6/10

I gave this a low rating without really justifying it, I mean, apart from suffering from what most sequels suffer from, this film looked alright. But no.

In the first Madagascar there was a big thing about Alex wanting to eat his best friend, 'cause he was a zebra. There was a big thing about him fighting this urge and that.

So, in short, "real" lions from the wild eat stuff like zebras and such.

But the pride in Madagascar is like that of Lion King, where the lions just walk around with all the other animals like zebras and such, without them being scared of being eaten.

If there's one thing I hate in films it's lack of continuity.

[Alkaline]

I gave this a low rating without really justifying it, I mean, apart from suffering from what most sequels suffer from, this film looked alright. But no.

In the first Madagascar there was a big thing about Alex wanting to eat his best friend, 'cause he was a zebra. There was a big thing about him fighting this urge and that.

So, in short, "real" lions from the wild eat stuff like zebras and such.

But the pride in Madagascar is like that of Lion King, where the lions just walk around with all the other animals like zebras and such, without them being scared of being eaten.

If there's one thing I hate in films it's lack of continuity.

I'm glad you cleared that up. The time between original post and clarification was excruciating!

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Amercian Version): Really liked the book, really liked the Swedish film, think i actually liked this version more. It was a lot bleaker and Fincher's cinematography was great. I actually liked Rooney Mara as Lisbeth more than Noomi Rapace, i just think she fit my expectation of teh character more closely and she acted her part really well. Daniel Craig was also better than Michael Nyqvist as Blomkvist as well, yet again fitted how i thought of the character in my head better (always thought Nyqvist was a little too old for the part). The guy who played Henrik Vanger looked like my Grandad as well. The re-imagining (i think that's more apt than remake) stuck pretty well to the plot of the books as well (apart from a slight deviation in the ending, though that didn't impact on the story significantly in fact it made tying it up a little easier). I'm assuming the other two films will get green-lit on the back of the financial success of this which will be great because the originals weren't as good as the first film and really do merit a re-do. Probably the joint best remake i've ever seen 9/10